2010. Cultural Anthropology. Dominic Boyer and Alexei Yurchak. "American Stiob: Or, What Late-Socialists Aesthetics of Parody Reveal about Contemporary Political Culture in the West." Overview and related media: http://www.culanth.org/?q=node/322
March 2007. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. Maria Hynes, Scott Sharpe & Bob Fagan "Laughing with the Yes Men: The Politics of Affirmation."
Does comedy news enhance political and environmental literacy?
examples of comedy news
The Colbert Report
The Yes Men Wikipedia: The Yes Men
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Huffington Post: Jon Stewart on Occupy Wall Street
The Onion
yes
September 12, 2010. NY Magazine. "America is a Joke"
no
your choice (hint: Fox News is well known for arguing that Stewart, Colbert, et. al is "just a joke")
a "no" option:
Blog for Reason Magazine, The "Jon Stewart Game:" Everyone Loses, Except Him
more
Ad Busters does a lot of interesting media parody work, and has a magazine:
http://www.adbusters.org/
YouTube: How Comedy and Satire Can Help Reform the Media (National Conference for Media Reform 2011)
September 20, 2010. Politico. "Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's very political 'joke'"
2010. Cultural Anthropology. Dominic Boyer and Alexei Yurchak. "American Stiob: Or, What Late-Socialists Aesthetics of Parody Reveal about Contemporary Political Culture in the West." Overview and related media: http://www.culanth.org/?q=node/322
March 2007. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. Maria Hynes, Scott Sharpe & Bob Fagan
"Laughing with the Yes Men: The Politics of Affirmation."